Eric W. Nelson

Eric W. Nelson
Born1970 (age 55–56)
AwardsNancy Lyman Roelker Prize
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Oxford (PhD, 1999), George Washington University (BA, 1992)
Academic work
Disciplinehistory
Sub-disciplinethe Jesuits, religious peacemaking
InstitutionsMissouri State University, The University of Southern Mississippi

Eric W. Nelson (born 1970) is an American historian and Professor of History at Missouri State University. He is known for his works on the Jesuits. Nelson is a winner of Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize for Best Article in French History for his essay "Remembering the Martyrdom of Saint Francis of Paola: History, Memory and Minim Identity in Seventeenth-Century France".